Dallas

Population & Demographics

Dallas, TX

Dallas is home to 1,307,930 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 605,135 resident workers commute each day.

TexasCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
1,307,930
people
Population

1,307,930 residents

Median age 33.4 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Dallas population & demographics

Who lives in Dallas — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
1,307,930
Median age
33.4yrs
Median household income
$70,518
Median home value
$320,700
Median gross rent
$1,472/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
38.2%
Poverty rate
16.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Dallas

How Dallas breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Hispanic or Latino42.6%
White27.6%
Black22.9%
Asian3.8%
Two or more races2.6%
Some other race0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%

Race across Dallas

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Dallas.

Dallas at a glance
Employed Residents
605,135
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
14.7mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
42.5%
Share working within the area
Work from home
15.8%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Irving
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Dallas proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Dallas commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

55 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Dallas

605,135 commutes, one dot at a time

Dallas

Where 605,135 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Dallas, by worker count.

1Dallas0.0 mi257,352
2Irving11.1 mi35,471
3Plano17.6 mi28,665
4Richardson12.3 mi22,004
5Fort Worth31.9 mi19,873
6Farmers Branch10.2 mi14,475
7Carrollton14.6 mi14,057
8Addison11.2 mi13,866

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Dallas.

1Dallas0.0 mi257,352
2Fort Worth31.9 mi36,209
3Irving11.1 mi32,308
4Garland11.5 mi32,267
5Plano17.6 mi31,921
6Arlington20.5 mi26,143
7Mesquite10.7 mi23,048
8Frisco24.1 mi20,171

Top industries

The sectors that employ Dallas’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance13.7%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services13.2%
RTRetail Trade9.0%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services8.3%
AFAccommodation and Food Services7.8%
EDEducational Services7.1%
FIFinance and Insurance6.3%
TRTransportation and Warehousing5.5%
MFManufacturing5.3%
Connectivity

Internet options for Dallas

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

10 providers · 4 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps97%
5 Gbps97%
8 Gbps2%
See all internet providers in Dallas

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).